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Ce
Pronom
  ne
🚫
Adverbe
  sont
Auxiliaire
  pas
Adverbe
  des
Déterminant
  artistes
Nom
  mais
Conjonction de coordination
  de
Déterminant
  simples
Adjectif
  artisans
Nom
.

They are not artists but simple craftsmen.
Mots et phrases
Nouveau
ce

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Nouveau
ne

  1. not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes)
  2. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
  3. Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so-called "pleonastic" or "expletive" ne.
  4. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative

Nouveau
sont

third-person plural present indicative of être

Nouveau
des

Nouveau
artistes

plural of artiste

Nouveau
mais

Nouveau
de

Nouveau
artisans

masculine plural of artisan

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